This section is about the composition by Samuel Barber. For other uses, see Adagio for Strings (disambiguation).
Adagio for Strings
by Samuel Barber
Samuel Barber, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1944
Key
B♭ minor
Year
1936 (1936)
Based on
Barber's String Quartet
Duration
About 8 minutes
Scoring
String orchestra
Premiere
Date
November 5, 1938 (1938-11-05)[1]
Location
NBC Studio 8H, New York City
Conductor
Arturo Toscanini
Performers
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Audio sample
30-second sample of Adagio for Strings
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Adagio for Strings is a work by Samuel Barber, arguably his best known, arranged for string orchestra from the second movement of his String Quartet, Op. 11.
By many its considered one of the greatest classical pieces ever written[2].
Barber finished the arrangement in 1936, the same year that he wrote the quartet. It was performed for the first time on November 5, 1938, by Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra in a radio broadcast from NBC Studio 8H. Toscanini also conducted the piece on his South American tour with the NBC Symphony in 1940.
Its reception has generally been positive, with Alexander J. Morin writing that Adagio for Strings is "full of pathos and cathartic passion" and that it "rarely leaves a dry eye".[3] The music is the setting for Barber's 1967 choral arrangement of Agnus Dei. Adagio for Strings has been featured in many TV and movie soundtracks.
^Adagio for Strings by Cary O'Dell, Library of Congress, National Recording Registry
^"10 most beautiful and moving pieces of classical music". Classic FM. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
^Cite error: The named reference Third Ear? was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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